five minutes before bed

[Beth Carter]

first real frost of the year. about time too, it's been way too warm this year. grabbed a few shots between work and bed yesterday morning.

x-pro 1 and 60mm









and one in color...

 

[Paul Lange]

Wonderfully captured Beth, love the salt like frost crystals on the third from the last image (although I find the round bokeh under the leaf a bit distracting).

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Sugar-coating nature, eh, Beth? Tut tut. Very nice shots!

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks guys. paul, i agree that the bokeh is distracting, but not really liking that particular image enough to do anything about it. i wish i had used a smaller aperture on that one. the last image was my favorite of the bunch, just couldn't decide between color or b&w.

 

[Brian Moore]

Delightful, Beth. I love the color one especially.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Delightful, Beth. I love the color one especially.

agreed, the colours are really nice I think!

 

[Pete Askew]

I agree, the colour one works very well. Nice.

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks guys. weather permitting x-pro 1 and i have plans to take the long way home. we'll see what happens, so far it looks like it might be one of those crazy nights at work..

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Wonderful stuff - what is this 'frost' of which you speak?

 

[Beth Carter]

Wonderful stuff - what is this 'frost' of which you speak?

it's this wonderful stuff that signals the end of heat and humidity and is the forerunner of most wonderful season. sorry, void where prohibited, residents of california, hawaii and florida are not permitted to take part except under extreme duress and protest.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

I especially like the colour one Beth. You certainly get the best out of the XPro1. Well composed too.

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks milan.

 

[Ahmad Bhai]

Beth i wanted to post the moment i saw this, yet i felt like that kid in class who always puts his hand up first.
Such a gentle luminance.

 

[Beth Carter]

Beth i wanted to post the moment i saw this, yet i felt like that kid in class who always puts his hand up first.
Such a gentle luminance.

thanks ahmad. no idea what you mean about being first in class with their hand up, i was always too busy daydreaming or drawing to notice what went on.

 

[Steve Boykin]

These are really beautiful and make me miss when I lived in cold weather.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Beth really nice images that make me feel the cold. I also love the coulred one's colours.

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks steve and julian.